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Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2006 02:47:21 +0200 From: Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz> To: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl> Cc: Nathan Scott <nathans@....com>, kernel list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, xfs@....sgi.com Subject: Re: XFS vs. swsusp Hi! > > > timer driven wakeup done on the per-fs xfssyncd kernel threads, > > > which do background metadata writeout and will write to the log > > > periodically... but if those processes are all stopped too, you > > > should be OK. > > > > Timer only wakes up xfssyncd thread, right? That's okay, as that > > thread will be stopped. > > But we call sync() before kernel threads are frozen. What happens if xfssyncd > gets woken up by the timer after the sync() and before we freeze it? xfssyncd writes some data to disk, but that is okay (no important data could be generated in the meantime) and then it is frozen. As we take system snapshot after the freeze, it is okay, because image is consistent. I do not see a problem. Pavel -- (english) http://www.livejournal.com/~pavelmachek (cesky, pictures) http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/picture/horses/blog.html - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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